The announcement made by US president Joe Biden that the remaining American troops stationed in Afghanistan will be flying back home on September 11 sounds more like a disposition of America fleeing the battlefield with her tail between its legs while leaving a luckless Afghan government to the mercy of a much anticipate forthcoming full-fledged attack and probable takeover by the Taliban giving Pakistani military establishment and the ISI a strong foothold in the mountain rugged country.
Massive US troop withdrawal since September 2020 have already created a security vacuum in the Afghanistan which has readily been exploited by the Taliban. The Taliban have refused to conduct any peace talks until the last American boots on the ground are removed. The Doha talks that began in the Qatari capital last September have failed to bear fruit and attacks on Afghan security forces by the Taliban have only intensified.
A former Senior Adviser to the Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff,…
